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it may not be a leak and he over charged it trying to over come a restricktion. and now he is trying to hide his inability to realy fix the unit. i also could be very wrong about this but it is not all that uncomon if some guys go only by the guages and mostly the low one if it dont look right they just add untill it does. did he take temp reading inside and out side at the unit or just juice it up and go.when i see ice forming like yours is i will take a look at that spot because it is very likely that is where it is restricted
i could also be way off base here to just doing a little thinking